Hi, I have a mid-2007 24” iMac that I got for free (same for a early-2008 21.5” (which might be a 20”, not sure since I don’t have it with me)). I wanted to upgrade it to Mojave because let’s face it... the latest MacOS you can install is El Capitan and it’s not that great* (especially since I’m using Xcode all the time!).
*for my needs
So I bought a T9300 to put in the 2007 model and be able to install Mojave (the original cpu won’t work and I didn’t have to do this for the 2008 model)
Despite the 2008 running smoothly and all (Xcode works very well but I haven’t tried Final Cut Pro X, my two primarily used softwares), the thing is that with 6gb max ram (unofficially) and a limitting cpu speed and choice, I want to get more out of my old free imacs!
So I was wondering if it was possible to upgrade the logic board/motherboard on either of those machines (if not both). I saw a lot of posts online about this but mostly for the 2009/2010 models so I have no clue if it’s possible or not... I don’t need to do it on both machines (I’ll give one of them to my girlfriend and she’s just gonna do homework on it so it’s fine).
Edit: Please don’t mention an SSD upgrade, I am already planning on doing that and it won’t help a lot for video editing. (I’m still going to do it cuz god knows it’s a must!). As for Ram goes, I’m looking for AT LEAST 8gb (ideally 16gb on either one of them, I’ll leave the 6gb in the one I give to my girlfriend). As for the cpu, it’d be perfect if I could get an old i7 in there! Something quad-core and clock speed of ~2.8ghz (it could be higher but whatever).
Thanks in advance!!
*for my needs
So I bought a T9300 to put in the 2007 model and be able to install Mojave (the original cpu won’t work and I didn’t have to do this for the 2008 model)
Despite the 2008 running smoothly and all (Xcode works very well but I haven’t tried Final Cut Pro X, my two primarily used softwares), the thing is that with 6gb max ram (unofficially) and a limitting cpu speed and choice, I want to get more out of my old free imacs!
So I was wondering if it was possible to upgrade the logic board/motherboard on either of those machines (if not both). I saw a lot of posts online about this but mostly for the 2009/2010 models so I have no clue if it’s possible or not... I don’t need to do it on both machines (I’ll give one of them to my girlfriend and she’s just gonna do homework on it so it’s fine).
Edit: Please don’t mention an SSD upgrade, I am already planning on doing that and it won’t help a lot for video editing. (I’m still going to do it cuz god knows it’s a must!). As for Ram goes, I’m looking for AT LEAST 8gb (ideally 16gb on either one of them, I’ll leave the 6gb in the one I give to my girlfriend). As for the cpu, it’d be perfect if I could get an old i7 in there! Something quad-core and clock speed of ~2.8ghz (it could be higher but whatever).
Thanks in advance!!
